Arizona Legally Defines Border Crisis as ‘Invasion.’ This Means It Can Use Constitutional Powers to Defend Itself
avatar By Matthew Tragesser February 8, 2022 No Comments
In response to the Biden administration eviscerating the nation’s border security and immigration enforcement apparatus, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich released a legal opinion yesterday that defined the Biden Border Crisis as an ‘invasion.’
This classification can allow states to use enumerated powers granted by the U.S. Constitution to defend itself from hostile actors. Transnational gangs and cartels facilitating illicit drugs like fentanyl and/or the movement of migrants across the U.S.-Mexico border would be considered hostile actors in this scenario.
Article 1 of the Constitution allows States to “engage in War,” when it has been “actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit delay” without the approval of Congress. Article IV says the U.S. “shall protest each [state]against invasion”, according to the attorney general’s legal opinion and legal recommendations from the Center for Renewing America.
https://www.immigrationreform.com/2022/02/08/arizona-declares-border-invasion-immigrationreform-com/
